These caps any good for TC use??

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Original poster: "Tom Stathes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <newphreak_16-at-yahoo-dot-com>


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by
 > way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
 >
 > Tesla list wrote:
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of
 > Terry Fritz
 > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>
 >  >
 >  > Dear List,
 >  > I have conducted experiment using a
 > transformerless TC to excite a
 >  > capacitive transformer TC.
 >  > L2 was 40-50 turns on plastic film can
 > 1.264472441 inches in diameter
 >  > giving Av somewhere between 12.52 and 9.52 if it
 > were optimally tuned with
 >  > appropriately sized influence ring (C2) -which it
 > is not!
 >  > Still the voltages on the ring and on the topload
 > are higher than with the
 >  > original capacitive transformer (i.e. I am
 > getting bigger sparks from them)
 >  > so it can't be all wrong!)
 >
 > Yes, this thing works! The faster energy transfer
 > reduces the
 > influence of losses.
 > If you want to try an optimal design, I am making
 > available a design
 > program for these circuits at:
 > http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/programs/mreshp.zip
 > To obtain the 6th-order low-pass-high-pass directly
 > coupled network,
 > specify 3 resonances, and a low-pass input section.
 > Choose the mode
 > based on reasonable output capacitances.
 > Note that the program also makes designs for initial
 > energy in the
 > first inductor (generalized induction coils).
 > No manual or waveform plots for awhile.
 >
 > Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
 >
 >